These algorithms are usually simple steps that are then combined ... form the basis of a computer program. A flowchart is a visual representation of the algorithm. When computer programmers ...

In his book The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos offers a masterfully simple definition: “An algorithm is,” Domingos writes, “a sequence of instructions telling a computer what to do.” ...

The question may seem basic ... this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.